Hang Up and Listen - The Pray for the Ravens Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2017
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by ProPublica’s David Epstein to discuss Usain Bolt’s loss to Justin Gatlin. The Irish Times’ Ken Early also talks about Neymar’s record-setting transfer, and Josh and Stefan analyze Colin Kaepernick’s NFL exile.
Usain Bolt (1:14): David Epstein joins to dissect Usain Bolt’s final competitive 100-meter race, Justin Gatlin’s surprise win, and how the sport is handling its perpetual doping problems.
Neymar (19:06): Ken Early assesses the shocking departure of the Brazilian star from Barcelona, the mind-boggling price paid by Paris Saint-Germain, and why he believes the transfer is such a tragedy.
Colin Kaepernick (32:10): Josh and Stefan discuss whether the league is colluding against the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and whether it would ever be possible to prove such collusion is happening.
Afterballs (49:20):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:14.7 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of August 7th, 2017. |
| 0:21.6 | On this week's show, David Epstein of ProPublica will join us for a conversation about |
| 0:25.8 | Usain Bolt's career and the Jamaican's final 100-meter race, a loss to 35-year-old American |
| 0:31.7 | Justin Gatlin. |
| 0:33.6 | Ken Early of the Irish Times and the second captain's podcast, will also be here to discuss |
| 0:38.2 | Namar's record setting, $250 million plus transfer from Barcelona to Paris St. Germain, |
| 0:44.8 | and what it means for the Brazilian soccer star and the sport. |
| 0:48.9 | And we'll discuss reports of a split in the Baltimore Ravens front office about whether to sign Colin Kaepernick, |
| 0:54.8 | and whether it's appropriate for the team to ask fans for advice on what it should do. Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic. Hello, Stefan. Hey, Josh. You know, we sometimes ask listeners what we should talk about. I don't see what the problem is. We'll get to that in segment three. Okay, good. But first, at the Olympics in 2008, |
| 1:16.1 | 2012, and 2016, and at the track and field world championships in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015, |
| 1:25.1 | Usain Bolt started 20 finals in the 100, the 200, and the 4x100 meter relay, |
| 1:31.1 | and he won gold in all 20. |
| 1:33.3 | And what he says will be his last world championships. |
| 1:36.5 | The 30-year-old Jamaican ran a competitive individual 100-meter race for the final time on Saturday in London's Olympic Stadium. |
| 1:45.6 | Here's what it sounded like. |
| 1:55.2 | There's the gun. Bulled out slow. Christian Coleman has two strides on him. Can he reel him in? Christian Coleman trying to win the championship. Bowled at the line! Photo finish! |
| 2:02.7 | It could be Gatlin as well! |
| 2:08.5 | And the entire crowd, Coleman thinks he's got it. |
| 2:10.2 | Coleman thinks he has it. |
| 2:13.5 | Gatlin thinks he has it, and... Usain Bolt thinks he has it. |
| 2:18.2 | The photo finish shows just Gatlin as the world champion. |
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